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Smoking is the inhaling the fumes from
burning substances, generally tobacco in the
form of cigarettes. The practice can be
habit-forming and is dangerous to health,
since carbon monoxide and other toxic
materials result from the combustion process.
A direct link between lung cancer and tobacco
smoking was established 1950. The habit is
also linked to respiratory and coronary heart
diseases. In the West, smoking is now
forbidden in many public places because even
passive smoking-breathing in fumes from other
people's cigarettes-can be harmful.
Smoking is also a method of preserving fresh
oily meats (such as pork and goose) or fish
(such as herring and salmon). Before being
smoked, the food is first salted or soaked in
brine, then hung to dry.
Subject by: Amanda Gibbon